Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...

The easiest way to understand the difference between a network switch and a router is to consider how "smart" they are, or their ability to intelligently connect devices together. A network switch isn ...

For small businesses that need to connect a large number of nearby computers to the Internet, setting up a local wired network may be a cheaper solution than installing wireless routers and access ...

The typical small business probably has one or more unmanaged network switches to connect their PCs, servers and storage. While those unmanaged switches may still have value in parts of the network, ...

It’s annoying when you run out of Ethernet ports on your router. That, or when you have a home entertainment center and want wired connections for all your devices, but you don’t want to string a ...

Standing in the networking aisle of an electronics retail store, anybody could mistakenly pick up a router instead of an Ethernet switch or vice versa. The product packages as well as the devices ...